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Two members of the department are research guides in the M.G. University. One member has undertaken a research project in association with the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.

A workshop on syllabus revision of the MA course in Economics (M. G. University) was organized by the department (January 2001). The members of staff contributed to the restructuring of the syllabus especially that of Capital Market, Environmental Economics and Public Economics. Another workshop on semesterisation of UG program based on new UGC curriculum was conducted by the department.

Teaching methods using Power Point Presentation and the Net based techniques are followed to support and augment conventional methods. Open house programs, tutorials and remedial classes are organized on a regular basis. Subject Associations (UG&PG) conduct regular programs and publishes BusiNews a monthly journal of the department.

Courses Offered

Programme	Level of study	Cut-off marks at entry level in %	Student strength
B A	U G	60.00%	60
M A	P G	70.50%	18
Ph.D registered under registered Guide	Research	55.00%	4

Faculty

Name of the teaching staff	Highest Qual.	Experience in years
Mukundan E	M A	31
Dr. Issac paul	PhD	24
Dr.Tomy Varghese	PhD	22
Dr. Antony C A	PhD	23
Ms.Elsamma Paulose	MPhil	23
Dr.Rajan Varughese	PhD	22
Ms.Suni George J	MPhil	16
Sunil A Thomas	MA MBA	5

Department Activities
The Department produced three Ph.D’s under the guidance of Dr. C. A. Antony.One of our students was selected to the ‘Indian Administrative Service’ (2003). Our students were placed at the Second and Third rank at the University level for the PG program during 2002 & 2004.We plan to develop the department into Center for Research/Current Discourses on Environmental Economics/ Local Finance in the coming years.

Scholarships, Prizes and Endowments

1	Mrs. Baby Kakkunni Memorial Prize ,Best Student Prize for II MA Economics--Rs 100.00
2	Shri. M .M Cherian Memorial Prizes
a)	To the top scorer from the college in the M A Final Examination conducted by the University---Rs 300.00
b)	To the student who joins the college in the MA Economics course securing the highest marks in part III (Economics group)of the B.A Examination from the universities in Kerala--Rs 300.0
3	Leela B Menon Endowment prize:-(For the best outgoing BA Economics student)--Rs 300.0
4	Dr. M V Kurien Endowment Prize
a)	To the top scorer in BA Economics--Rs 150.00
b)	Seminar/Journals and books – Grant to Economics Dept--Rs 400.00
5	Shaila Beevi, A research scholar of the Department selected for Indian Administrative Service, 2003,
6	Nino Baby, Graduate student of the department visited Russia under the Youth Exchange Program of NCC,
7	Majush L, PG student of the department won debating and essay competitions held under the auspicious of Kerala Urban / rural cooperative bank, Eranakulam Dist., 2004, 2005

Facilities

Library
Resources of the library include 5000 volumes on economics and 18 journals.The department received financial support from World Bank (Capacity building program in Environmental Economics) for the library.

List of journals

1	Economics and Political weekly
2	Journal of Environment and Development
3	Kurukshetra
4	Monthly commentary on Indian Economic condition
5	Third Concept
6	Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Bulletin
7	The Economist
8	Vijana Kairali
9	Yojana
10	Employment News
11	Kerala Calling
12	World Bank Economic Review
13	Business Deepika
14	India Today
15	Bhashaposhini
16	Economic Times
17	Business Line
18	Dhanam
19	University News

Roll of Honour

Rank Holders

1	Shaina Mol, II Rank.BA Economics, M.G.University, 2001-2002
2	Meghana.C.Moham,III Rank BA Economics M.G.University, 2003-2004